The historical archive in Ptuj and the municipality of Ptuj are cordially invited to the opening of the exhibition and the round table when the year 1376 was written in Ptuj: at 650. the anniversary of the oldest city statute to be held on Tuesday , 21. in April 2026, at 11. and 12. hours at the Magistrat Gallery in the town hall in Ptuj (Mestni trg 1).
The Ptuj city statute from 1376 represents an important legal monument, which in its time significantly exceeded the city limits and is considered an extremely rare document of this kind. This substantial manuscript on 52 parchment leaves, written in Middle High German and gothic script, is kept by the library of Duke Augustus in the German-based 67th year, where he wandered in the middle of the 17th century. century. The statute, which regulates the functioning of the city in 195 articles, mirrors the complex relationship between the power embodied by the Archbishop of Salzburg, the city officials and the townspeople who aspired to an orderly life within the city walls.
Today, a statute that has been the subject of scientific research since the last quarter of the 19th century. for centuries, it remains an invaluable resource for understanding the Urban Development and legal order of our almost oldest city. Marija Hernja Masten, Boris Hajdinjak, mag will talk about him and Ptuj in that period. Lilijana Urlep, Dr. Branko Vnuk and dr. Dejan Zadravec.
The exhibition will be on display at the Magistrat Gallery until the end of April 2026, from 15. in May, on the premises of the historical archive in Ptuj.
Zgodovinski arhiv na Ptuju in Mestna občina Ptuj vljudno vabimo na odprtje razstave in okroglo mizo KO SE JE NA PTUJU PISALO LETO 1376: Ob 650. obletnici najstarejšega mestnega statuta , ki bosta v torek, 21. aprila 2026, ob 11. in 12. uri v Galeriji Magistrat v mestni hiši na Ptuju (Mestni trg 1).
Ptujski mestni statut iz leta 1376 predstavlja pomemben pravni spomenik, ki je v svojem času bistveno presegel meje mesta in velja za izjemno redek tovrsten dokument. Ta vsebinsko obsežen rokopis na 52 pergamentnih listih, zapisan v srednje visoki nemščini in gotski pisavi, hrani knjižnica vojvode Avgusta v nemškem Wolfenbüttlu, kamor je zašel sredi 17. stoletja. Statut, ki ureja delovanje mesta v 195 členih, zrcali zapleteno razmerje med oblastjo, ki jo je poosebljal salzburški nadškof, mestnimi uradniki in meščani, ki so si prizadevali za urejeno življenje znotraj mestnega obzidja.
Danes statut, ki je predmet znanstvenih raziskav že od zadnje četrtine 19. stoletja, ostaja neprecenljiv vir za razumevanje urbanega razvoja in pravnega reda našega skorajda najstarejšega mesta. O njem in Ptuju v tistem obdobju bodo na okrogli mizi spregovorili Marija Hernja Masten, Boris Hajdinjak, mag. Lilijana Urlep, dr. Branko Vnuk in dr. Dejan Zadravec.
Razstava bo v Galeriji Magistrat na ogled do konca aprila 2026, od 15. maja dalje pa v prostorih Zgodovinskega arhiva na Ptuju.
